#Bottlenose dolphin

[namu-the-orca]

Here it finally is, the full cetacean eye colour info sheet! A long time coming, and an even longer time in the making. I hope that all you cetacean eye curious people will find this one as fascinating as the killer whale eye colour post. It’s a wild world out there! 

[turnstileskyline]

gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss: cetacean edition

[little-periwinkle]

Hi my name is Aspen, I am an an independent artist living in the DMV area.

I work full time and am trying to pay my bills and put money aside for my own place.

I made a Dolphin digital sticker you can buy off my payhip and use wherever you want as long as you’re not re-selling, and when you buy one or however many to share, you’re supporting me. And I appreciate it. Any help is helpful.

I would like to sell AS MANY stickers as I can. Where I live, a house can go anywhere from $100-500,000 and if I do end up reaching $100,000, that would be enough for a mobile home which I would also accept and happily live in. I don’t need much, just a 2 br. I don’t want anything fancy, but min is $100k (If you don’t believe me that’s your biz but I would never lie and take advantage of ppl’s hard earned money and also generosity so please do know you are indeed supporting someone who is waiting for housing assistance from my county and is working a full time job to try to get the fuck outta where I live now (not that I don’t love my parents and siblings bc I absolutely do until the day I die God forbid soon may we live a long healthy life Amen) and into a place I can comfortably call my own home.

I also draw and have other stickers planned like a Sonic popsicle I hand drew that I’m REALLY proud of and can’t wait to see everyone’s reactions on <3

Please help a queer Latino out! <3 I will serenade you all with Preciosa by Marc Anthony if I make my $100,000 goal on stream I SWEAR.

[t00thpasteface]

🐬 aquatic carnivorous ungulates!

[mindblowingscience]

One of the most well-studied marine mammals in the world has been secretly harboring a superpower sixth sense. Two captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) have now proved to researchers at the University of Rostock and Nuremberg Zoo in Germany that they can reliably sense weak electric fields in the water with their long snouts. The discovery hints at the possibility that some marine mammals really can sniff out the electric currents of small prey buried in the sand. They might even use the skill to sense Earth's magnetic field.

Continue Reading.

[hydrias]

pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins! two rare visitors to the area at once; what are the odds??

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Nothing says 'bisexual' quite like bottlenose dolphins! Studies have shown that almost all males in this species are bisexual, and form close partnerships with other males at an early age. Male partners hunt together, play together, and even keep watch while the other sleeps. Couples remain together for most of their lives-- although typically both partners also freely mate with females during the breeding season.

(Image: A pair of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) by Lisa Morse)

[lionfloss]

Bottlenose dolphins, Baja California

[jaydoesresearch]

Meme time!

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[todropscience]

DOLPHIN MOMS DO 'BABY TALK' WITH THEIR CALVES

Baby talk or Motherese/ Parentese is a speech pattern nearly universal across cultures and languages in human caregivers interacting with children. It is characterized by a higher than usual pitch, exaggerated intonation, repetition, calling attention to objects and use of slow stretchy speeches. What we know about baby talking in other nonhuman species is sparse. Now, researchers have  found evidence for baby talk in bottlenose dolphin, a species that shows parallels to humans in their long-term mother–offspring bonds and lifelong vocal learning. 

Researchers analyzed audios from made wild bottlenose dolphins in waters near Sarasota Bay, Florida, United States, and found that females produced signature whistles with significantly higher maximum frequencies and wider frequency ranges when they were recorded with their own dependent calves.

This finding provide an example of convergent evolution of motherese in nonhuman mammals, and may help us understand how motherese can facilitate vocal learning and bonding in nonhumans as well as humans.

Photo by Carli Brush Stoll

Reference: Sayigh et al., 2023.  Bottlenose dolphin mothers modify signature whistles in the presence of their own calves. PNAS

[keawi]

[orcinus-veterinarius]

The Brookfield Zoo is such a shining light in the zoo community. Not only do they spearhead a first-of-its-kind study (encompassing 43 zoos, aquariums, and marine parks) investigating what factors actually impact cetacean welfare, they invest $10 million into updating their habitat based on the findings of their study. Their seven dolphins, ranging from 18 to 50 years in age, recently returned home to Brookfield after over a year away while their habitat was renovated. These renovations include:

🌊 "New additions to the dolphins' habitat, including rockwork structures, sand pits for enrichment, built-in bubbler systems, and more!"

🔬 "Upgrades for scientific research, including underwater microphones and overhead camera to study the dolphins"

💡 "Building upgrades, including a new roof, skylights, energy efficient lighting, a new heating and cooling system, and improved accessibility"

🌴 "And a fresh look in the stadium designed to depict the natural environment of Sarasota Bay, Florida."

You can read more about the upgrades here. In a time when so many facilities are throwing in the towel and getting rid of their animals, it's so refreshing to see a place dedicated to optimizing their dolphins' welfare and continuing vital research efforts.

[squidbulborb]

HUMAN HUNTERS.

The apexes of the sea declare war on the conquerors of the land. They each have reasons to seek vengence, but is their bloodshed really justified?

Just a little concept I want to put out there, may or may not add more to it...

[hishgraphics]

Counselor Temrak, USS Östergötland NCC-72227

The Östergötland is a Norway-class starship with an expanded Cetacean Ops with cetaceans sharing helm, engineering, security, science and medical positions. Lt. Temrak is the ship's counselor and an NPC in our Star Trek Adventures tabletop RPG campaign.

And I drew him wearing a tie.

[aquaticplushies]

Surf the bottlenose dolphin made by TY Beanie Babies !!

[kitthefoxkin]

could u do a bottlenose dolphin moodboard pls!!

bottlenose dolphin alterhuman moodboard with themes of the ocean!